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A young woman realizes that Homecoming is quickly approaching, and she needs to find a date. She estimates that 72% of the male students (in a large population) would be willing to accept her invitation. She plans to start randomly

A young woman realizes that Homecoming is quickly approaching, and she needs to find a date. She estimates that 72% of the male students (in a large population) would be willing to accept her invitation. She plans to start randomly asking men for a date until someone accepts.
a. What is the expected number of men she will need to invite until she has a date for Homecoming?
b. Show the labeled graph of the mass for this story.
c. Show the labeled graph of the CDF for this story.

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